Jack Randall Crawford collection of photographs of mining operations in Arizona, Nevada and California [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Jack Randall Crawford collection of photographs of mining operations in Arizona, Nevada and California [graphic].
- Creator
- Crawford, Jack Randall, 1878-
- Contributor
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Kennedy, P. E., photographer.
Larss, P. E. photographer.
Mitchell, Edward H., publisher.
Owens, photographer.
Rieder, M. photographer.
Weidner, Charles, photographer. - Published / Created
- 1907-1908.
- Abstract
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Photographs of copper and gold mining activities, camps and miners in Nevada and California, and of a trail ride through the Grand Canyon in Arizona. In Nevada there are views of the Mohawk Mine in Goldfield, the J. R. Crawford Copper Mine and camp near Schurz, and the boom town of Rawhide
Photographs of California include views of Mt. Grant, Mt. Wilson, the San Gabriel Range of the Sierra Nevada Mountains along the Arroyo Seco, and the Tarantula Mine
There are also photographic and photomechanical postcards, many in color, depicting Donner Lake, Sonora, Sacremento and San Francisco in California, and views of Reno and the mining towns of Goldfield and Tonopah, Nevada. A double-postcard depicts a panoramic view of the Truckee River and dam. Two postcards are addressed to J. Randall Crawford at the Princeton Club in New York and a third is addressed to Mrs. J. R. Crawford in England
J. R. Crawford is present in many of the photographs, including an interior view of the Tarantula Mine eight hundred feet below the surface
- Description
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Detailed manuscript captions are in the hand of J.R. Crawford. Several photographs and all of the postcards are views by commercial photographers in Nevada and California (Kennedy, Larson, Mitchell, Owens, Rieder, and Weidner).
Jack Randall Crawford received his B.S. and M.A. from Princeton University (1901, 1903). From 1909 to 1946 he was an Associate Professor of English at Yale University. - Extent
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66 photographic prints : 27.7 x 16.4 cm. or smaller.
27 postcards (photomechanical and photographic prints) : 9.0 x 14.0 cm. or smaller. - Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Photos 91
- Related Resource Online
- View digital images in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Photographic prints
Card photographs (photographs)
Postcards - Material
- b & w ; and b & w and col. ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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Nevada.
California.
Goldfield (Nev.)
Reno (Nev.)
Ragtown (Nev.)
Tonopah (Nev.)
Nevada
Sierra Madre Mountains (Calif.)
California
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) - Subject (Name)
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Crawford, Jack Randall, 1878-
Tarantula Mine (Calif.) - Subject (Topic)
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Gold mines and mining
Copper mines and mining
Mines and mineral resources - Subjects
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Crawford, Jack Randall, 1878-
Tarantula Mine (Calif.)
Gold mines and mining > Pictorial works
Copper mines and mining > Pictorial works
Mines and mineral resources > Nevada
Mines and mineral resources > California
Goldfield (Nev.) > Pictorial works
Reno (Nev.) > Pictorial works
Ragtown (Nev.) > Pictorial works
Tonopah (Nev.) > Pictorial works
Nevada > Pictorial works
Sierra Madre Mountains (Calif.) > Pictorial works
California > Pictorial works
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Pictorial works
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 3827550
- Object ID (OID)
- 2010311